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Quick Lift: How to Lead With Your Values and Grow With Purpose · Loud & Lifted

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  Welcome to a loud and lifted quick lifts. I'm
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  your host Betsy Ham. And in every loud and lifted
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  episode, there are a few moments that deserve
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  an extra spotlight. And this one's blooming with
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  bold insight. Julie Webb doesn't just talk about
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  leadership. She lives it. And in under 10 minutes,
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  we're digging into the real roots of growth from
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  clarifying your values to building the courage
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  muscle and becoming the kind of woman who blooms
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  where she's planted on purpose. So let's dig
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  into the key takeaways and action items from
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  the episode with Julie. Key takeaway number one,
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  know your roots. Your values are your anchor.
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  If I ask you right now, what are your top three
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  values that are important to you? Can you name
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  them? For as important as values are, it's something
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  that we don't spend a lot of time thinking about
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  or talking about personally. You know, a lot
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  of times we get hung up on talking about company
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  values and while that's important, we can't really
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  control our company values and ensuring that
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  others are acting in the best behaviors or attitudes
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  of our company. But what we can control is our
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  own personal values and identifying what they
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  are and then making decisions based off of them.
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  Think about how much our values impact. They
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  impact our decision making. They're our compass.
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  They help us make choices that align with our
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  core beliefs and priorities. They help impact
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  our clarity and purpose. Identifying our values
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  brings clarity to our life, helping us understand
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  what truly matters and what you want to achieve.
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  Values impact our personal growth, as well as
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  our relationships, how you interact with others,
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  or who you choose to interact with. Values also,
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  of course, impact our career and our life choices.
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  It helps you choose a career path and make life
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  decisions that are truly meaningful for you.
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  So, considering how important they are, what
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  are your values? If you're not sure where to
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  start, Julie mentioned a great idea of just Googling
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  values and seeing what kind of words come up.
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  You'll see things like integrity, accountability,
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  honesty, creativity. Action item for today is
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  take five minutes and write down the three values
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  that matter most to you. They'll keep you grounded
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  when the wind picks up and help you say yes to
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  the right things. Takeaway number two, pause
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  with purpose. Reflection is where growth starts.
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  I love this one. This is one that I can certainly
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  do better. We're all so busy. We have a million
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  things going on, crossing things off of our list
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  personally and professionally. When's the last
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  time you took a moment to pause for yourself,
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  by yourself, and just reflect? Evaluate on what
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  you've accomplished. Celebrate the victories.
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  Learn from your mistakes. Check in on the direction
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  you're headed. Now, this doesn't mean you have
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  to go to a spa for the day and relax, but that's
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  actually a really great idea. This is taking
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  a few minutes and sitting outside in your backyard.
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  Maybe it's sitting in a room by yourself. Maybe
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  you go grab a coffee and hang out and just take
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  a few minutes to reflect. So that's your action
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  item for this week. Take one intentional pause.
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  get quiet, get uncomfortable, and ask yourself
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  if you're headed in the right direction of where
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  you want to be. Key takeaway number three, cultivating
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  courage. Fear is natural, courage is a choice.
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  Now, we have those days, right? Some days you
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  feel very courageous and other days maybe not
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  so much. But it's kind of interesting to think
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  about, you have to sometimes practice being courageous.
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  And that means taking little steps. Maybe you're
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  a little shy to ask somebody to coffee that you
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  want to network with, or maybe you're not sure
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  if you have the courage to apply for a job. Or
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  something that can be challenging is asking your
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  boss for a salary increase. Sometimes we have
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  to start small and build up our confidence. And
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  guess what? At times you're going to hear no,
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  and that's okay. but continue to acknowledge
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  and front your fears, have some positive self
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  -talk, and again, get uncomfortable. And you
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  know what? I think this is a great one for kids.
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  And I think this is something that I was doing
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  and didn't even really think about. But getting
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  your kids outside their comfort zone and challenging
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  them, even when they're young, I remember when
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  my girls were really small, we'd be at a restaurant
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  and I would always make them order their own
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  food. And of course, sometimes they'd be shy,
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  maybe not have the courage, but then they continued
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  to build that and to gain the confidence. So
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  I think this is something you can practice with
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  your kids and challenging them and getting them
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  outside their comfort zone from a very young
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  age. age and of course that continues to grow
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  as they do. Action item for today, start small
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  but practice daily. Speak up, say yes, maybe
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  it's saying no, but be intentional. Abundance
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  doesn't mean having it all, it means trusting
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  there's enough space for you to rise. Number
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  four, we talked about blooming and creating your
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  flower with Julie. Blooming requires courage,
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  but it's also time, intention, and support. So
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  let's break down the metaphor of blooming one
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  more time that Julie talked about. First, there's
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  the roots, and those are your values. Remember,
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  you're already going to think about what your
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  values are and what's important to you. But what
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  grounds you when the wind picks up? Next is the
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  soil. The soil is your environment. What mindsets,
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  boundaries, and energy sources are feeding or
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  depleting you? The next part of your flower is
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  the stem, and this is the courage. I love that
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  Julie mentioned the quote from Brene Brown. Strong
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  back, soft front, and don't forget the wild heart.
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  And then there's your flower. Your flower is
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  your purpose. What do you want the world to see
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  from your bloom? And lastly, the garden. The
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  garden is your community. It's what surrounds
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  you because flowers grow stronger when they're
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  together. So the action item for here is I invite
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  you take some time to reflect. There's a lot
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  of reflecting for the action items this episode.
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  But think about what are you cultivating? What
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  do you need more of in your soil? And where is
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  your courage and showing up? Julie drew her flower,
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  which I think is a great opportunity to use your
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  creativity. And as she mentioned, being creative
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  helps to reduce stress. So get your markers out
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  and draw your flower. We'll share Julie's and
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  we're going to share mine. We would love to see
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  yours too. But this is an opportunity to really
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  be intentional about what's important to you.
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  You don't need perfect conditions to grow and
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  there's going to be wind and rain and things
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  you can't control. However, you need courage,
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  clarity, and a little dirt under your nails.
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  So take the pause, name your values, and start
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  designing a life that blooms boldly and on your
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  terms. If you haven't listened to Julie's episode,
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  I strongly encourage that you do. Until next
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  time, keep growing and keep lifting.